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DEFINITION: n. The type of headache you get from buying too many things with your credit card. Note: Symptoms do not usually appear until the following month.v. To buy yourself a huge credit card headache.
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Buynowpainlater
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: bye-now-PAYN-lay-turr
Sentence: As Alex opened the mail, he was stricken with buynowpainlater, the result of buying a diamond for a girl who broke up with him the next day.
Etymology: "buy now, pay later" + pain
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COMMENTS:
poor Alex - I'll bet she was a slimpicker too - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-04: 12:18:00
You really have to wonder about Alex's dates sometimes. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-04: 13:53:00
Great word mpls! - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-04: 14:03:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2007-07-05: 03:40:00
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Owetaglia
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: o tal jee ya
Sentence: Maya Graine regularly got bad headaches, especially after the mailman came to her house. She went to a doctor who told her that she suffered from owetalgia, a disease caused by excessive credit card debt. Maya thanked him for his interest, compounded the problem by going on a shoe sales spree and maxed out her Bastardcard.
Etymology: Owe (to be indebted to) & otaglia (an ache localized in the middle or inner ear)
Postshoppangsyndrome
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: post/shop/pang/syn/drome
Sentence: When the credit card bill arrived, she immediately fell into postshoppangsyndrome where the only cure was a day of receipt seaching and merchandise returning.
Etymology: posttraumaticsyndrome + shop + pang (ache or throb)
Enderythralgia
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəɹɪˈθɹældʒiə/
Sentence: Enderythralgia is quite common and most medical experts consider it a rational response, and thus not a true pathology. Endomelanalgia (pain caused by _not_ being in the red) is a much rarer and more serious condition.
Etymology: end- (in) + erythr- (red) + -algia (pain) "pain caused by being in the red"
Cranialcreditsyndrome
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: k-ray-nee-'l-k-red-it-sin-dro-m
Sentence: He felt a wave of cranialcreditsyndrome come upon him as he looked at the credit card bill from last month.
Etymology: From the word cranial meaning of the skull from the medieval latin root cranium which was from the greek kranium meaning skull which was related to the word kara meaning head
Moneyisticsoverintiowwoww
Created by: newspapertragedy
Pronunciation: money-is-tics-over-in-ti-ti-oww-oww
Sentence: After buying over 1,000 things with her credit card, Susie was having a severe case of Moneyisticsoverintiowwoww
Etymology: *blank*
Buygraine
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: buy-grain
Sentence: after a hectic week on e-bay i started coming down with a very bad buygraine
Etymology: buy, migraine
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COMMENTS:
Sounds payinfull. Great word! - galwaywegian, 2007-07-04: 05:02:00
Yes, very good. - Clayton, 2007-07-04: 12:03:00
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Buygraine
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: by-grayn
Sentence: He had been caught up in an 8 hour Ebay whirlwind and he could already feel a buygraine coming on
Etymology: buy, migraine
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COMMENTS:
He needs to take some Buylenol..good word. - Nosila, 2009-07-16: 12:10:00
;D - xMelody, 2009-07-16: 16:03:00
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Shoppang
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: shop/pang
Sentence: A shoppang set in with the arrival of my MasterCard bill in the mail.
Etymology: shoppang - shop + pang (a sudden feeling of mental, or emotional distress)
Buygrainal
Created by: amysmiles2000
Pronunciation: bi-gra-ah-nal
Sentence: My husband gets a buygrainal every January 13. That is after the mail delivery.
Etymology:
Comments:
Sounds debititating!
Oops, that was meant to be a comment on credache!
Today's definition was illustrated by Franke James. Thank you Franke. ~ James